---
title: Slot Recipes
description: Learn how to style multiple parts components with slot recipes.
---

## Overview

Slot Recipes come in handy when you need to apply style variations to multiple
parts of a component.

A slot recipe consists of these properties:

- `className`: The className prefix to attach to the component slot
- `slots`: An array of component parts to style
- `base`: The base styles per slot
- `variants`: The different visual styles for each slot
- `defaultVariants`: The default variant for the component
- `compoundVariants`: The compound variant combination and style overrides for
  each slot.

## Defining the recipe

Use the `defineSlotRecipe` identity function to create a slot recipe.

```tsx title="checkbox.recipe.ts"
import { defineSlotRecipe } from "@chakra-ui/react"

export const checkboxSlotRecipe = defineSlotRecipe({
  slots: ["root", "control", "label"],
  base: {
    root: { display: "flex", alignItems: "center", gap: "2" },
    control: { borderWidth: "1px", borderRadius: "sm" },
    label: { marginStart: "2" },
  },
  variants: {
    size: {
      sm: {
        control: { width: "8", height: "8" },
        label: { fontSize: "sm" },
      },
      md: {
        control: { width: "10", height: "10" },
        label: { fontSize: "md" },
      },
    },
  },
})
```

## Using the recipe

There are two ways to use the recipe in a component:

- Directly in the component with `useSlotRecipe`
- As a compound component (recommended) with `createSlotRecipeContext`

:::info

Adding the `"use client"` directive is required to use the `useSlotRecipe` hook
or `createSlotRecipeContext` function. This is because they rely on react hooks
like `useContext` and `useInsertionEffect` under the hood.

:::

### Directly in component

Use the `useSlotRecipe` hook to get the recipe for a component. Then, call the
recipe with its variant props to get the styles.

```tsx title="checkbox.tsx"
"use client"

import { chakra, useSlotRecipe } from "@chakra-ui/react"
import { checkboxSlotRecipe } from "./checkbox.recipe"

export const Checkbox = (props) => {
  const { size, ...restProps } = props

  const recipe = useSlotRecipe({ recipe: checkboxSlotRecipe })
  const styles = recipe({ size })

  return (
    <chakra.label css={styles.root}>
      <chakra.input type="checkbox" css={styles.control} {...restProps} />
      <chakra.span css={styles.label}>Checkbox Label</chakra.span>
    </chakra.label>
  )
}
```

#### splitVariantProps

Notice how the `size` prop was destructured from the props to be passed to the
recipe. A smarter approach would be to automatically split the recipe props from
the component props.

To do that, use the `recipe.splitVariantProps` function to split the recipe
props from the component props.

```tsx title="checkbox.tsx" {8}
"use client"

import { chakra, useSlotRecipe } from "@chakra-ui/react"
import { checkboxSlotRecipe } from "./checkbox.recipe"

export const Checkbox = (props) => {
  const recipe = useSlotRecipe({ recipe: checkboxSlotRecipe })
  const [recipeProps, restProps] = recipe.splitVariantProps(props)
  const styles = recipe(recipeProps)

  //...
}
```

#### TypeScript

To infer the recipe variant prop types, use the `RecipeVariantProps` type
helper.

```tsx title="checkbox.tsx"
import type { RecipeVariantProps } from "@chakra-ui/react"
import { checkboxSlotRecipe } from "./checkbox.recipe"

type CheckboxVariantProps = RecipeVariantProps<typeof checkboxSlotRecipe>

export interface CheckboxProps
  extends React.PropsWithChildren<CheckboxVariantProps> {}
```

### Create compound components

Pass the recipe to the `createSlotRecipeContext` function to create a slot
recipe context.

Then, use the `withProvider` and `withContext` functions to create the compound
components that share the same context.

```tsx title="checkbox.tsx"
"use client"

import { createSlotRecipeContext } from "@chakra-ui/react"
import { checkboxSlotRecipe } from "./checkbox.recipe"

const { withProvider, withContext } = createSlotRecipeContext({
  recipe: checkboxSlotRecipe,
})

export const CheckboxRoot = withProvider("label", "root")
export const CheckboxControl = withContext("input", "control")
export const CheckboxLabel = withContext("span", "label")
```

Pass the variant props to the "root" component that to apply the styles.

> **Note:** The root component is the one that used the `withProvider` function.

```tsx title="app.tsx"
const App = () => {
  return (
    <CheckboxRoot size="md">
      <CheckboxControl />
      <CheckboxLabel />
    </CheckboxRoot>
  )
}
```

#### unstyled prop

This approach supports the use of the `unstyled` prop to remove the styles
applied by the recipe.

```tsx title="checkbox.tsx" /unstyled/
<CheckboxRoot unstyled>
  <CheckboxControl />
  <CheckboxLabel />
</CheckboxRoot>
```

#### TypeScript

To infer the recipe variant prop types, use the `RecipeVariantProps` type
helper.

```ts
import type { RecipeVariantProps, UnstyledProp } from "@chakra-ui/react"
import { checkboxSlotRecipe } from "./checkbox.recipe"

type CheckboxVariantProps = RecipeVariantProps<typeof checkboxSlotRecipe>

export interface CheckboxProps
  extends React.PropsWithChildren<CheckboxVariantProps>,
    UnstyledProp {}
```

## Compound Variants

Use the `compoundVariants` property to define a set of variants that are applied
based on a combination of other variants.

```tsx title="checkbox.recipe.ts" /compoundVariants/
import { defineSlotRecipe } from "@chakra-ui/react"

export const checkboxRecipe = defineSlotRecipe({
  slots: ["root", "control", "label"],
  base: {},
  variants: {
    size: {
      sm: {},
      md: {},
    },
    visual: {
      contained: {},
      outline: {},
    },
  },
  compoundVariants: [
    {
      size: "sm",
      visual: "outline",
      css: {
        control: { borderWidth: "1px" },
        label: { color: "green.500" },
      },
    },
  ],
})
```

## Targeting a slot

In some cases, targeting a slot by className might be needed.

- Set the `className` property in the config
- The naming convention is `${className}__${slot}`

```tsx title="checkbox.recipe.ts" /& .checkbox__label/
import { defineSlotRecipe } from "@chakra-ui/react"

export const checkboxRecipe = defineSlotRecipe({
  className: "checkbox",
  slots: ["root", "control", "label"],
  base: {
    root: {
      bg: "blue.500",
      _hover: {
        "& .checkbox__label": { color: "white" },
      },
    },
  },
})
```

## Theme Usage

To use the recipe in a reusable manner, move it to the system theme and add it
to `theme.slotRecipes` property.

> No need to add the `"use client"` directive when using the recipe in the
> theme.

```tsx title="theme.ts"
import { createSystem, defineConfig } from "@chakra-ui/react"
import { checkboxSlotRecipe } from "./checkbox.recipe"

const config = defineConfig({
  theme: {
    slotRecipes: {
      checkbox: checkboxSlotRecipe,
    },
  },
})

export default createSystem(config)
```

### TypeScript

Use the CLI to generate the types for the recipe.

```bash
npx @chakra-ui/cli@next typegen ./theme.ts
```

Then, import the generated types in your component.

```tsx title="checkbox.tsx"
import type { SlotRecipeProps, UnstyledProp } from "@chakra-ui/react"

export interface CheckboxProps
  extends SlotRecipeProps<"checkbox">,
    UnstyledProp {}
```

### Update code

If you use the recipe directly in your component, update the `useRecipe` to use
the `key` property to get the recipe from the theme.

```diff title="checkbox.tsx"
const Checkbox = () => {
-  const recipe = useRecipe({ recipe: checkboxRecipe })
+  const recipe = useRecipe({ key: "checkbox" })
  // ...
}
```

If you create a compound component, update the `createSlotRecipeContext` to use
the `key` property.

```diff title="checkbox.tsx"
const { withProvider, withContext } = createSlotRecipeContext({
-  recipe: checkboxRecipe,
+  key: "checkbox",
})
```
